Society member Dan Knowles took the Multi-frame Grand Award with his “The Handling of Mail in the Confederate States of America by the Confederate Government and Private Individuals from Secession to Appomattox” (also Multi-frame Large Gold, the AAPE Treatment Presentation Award and the USPCS Medal). Two other members won Multi-frame Large Gold: William/Bill Johnson […]
Archives for March 2025
2025 Garfield-Perry Awards
The 2025 edition of the Garfield-Perry March Party took place 14-16 March at its usual venue in Strongsville, Ohio – just outside Cleveland. Multi-frame Grand went to Alfredo Frohlich for “United States of Colombia 1868-1881” (also Multi-frame Large Gold and the Dale Pulver Award for Best Foreign Exhibit). Multi-frame Reserve Grand went to […]
2025 Walske Book Available
A new postal history book entitled “Letter Communications Through the Blockades of North America 1774 to 1865” has just been completed by Steven C. Walske, a widely-published postal historian. The book examines the communications systems that evolved to transport mail through four blockades of North America from 1774 to 1865. The detailed history is […]
2025 YPLF
The American Philatelic Society runs a program called the Young Philatelic Leaders Fellowship (YPLF) with the aim of encouraging and developing philatelic participation. The US Philatelic Classics Society has been a co-sponsor of the YPLF since the program’s inception in 2009. The Society provides some funding and our members provide mentoring and advice to individual […]
